Chapter Summaries

Li Qingyuan fled Shui Lingzi and the Five Yuan Sect pursuers, using Ji Kun, talisman-enhanced arrows, and a fourth-grade lightning talisman to injure the eight cultivators chasing behind. Still unable to shake Shui Lingzi, he stopped and prepared to fight after hearing that his friends might have been killed.

• Yu Jiao revealed to Yu Xiao that Chu Liuxiang was Li Qingyuan’s alias and forbade Azure Cloud Sect disciples from helping him.
• Li Qingyuan summoned Ji Kun and used Wind-Splitting Talisman Arrows to slow Shui Lingzi and the eight cultivators pursuing them.
• Li Qingyuan fired a powerful arrow enhanced by a nearly spent fourth-grade lightning talisman, blasting Huo Lingzi, Cao Yifei, and the other six pursuers away and injuring them.
• Shui Lingzi continued pursuing Li Qingyuan and demanded the Talisman Path Inheritance, threatening him and claiming his friends might already be dead.
• Li Qingyuan abruptly stopped, invoked the power of his dual paths, and attacked Shui Lingzi.

Li Qingyuan and Ji Kun subdued Shui Lingzi, allowing Zhenxing to seize his body and consume his golden core and divine sense. After Zhenxing awoke in Shui Lingzi’s body, he began absorbing Shui Lingzi’s memories and discovered something alarming.

• Li Qingyuan fought Shui Lingzi with talismans and the Primordial Cone, while Ji Kun disrupted Shui Lingzi’s surprise attack with a crow.
• Ji Kun trapped Shui Lingzi with seven-colored divine light, and Li Qingyuan used the Heart Demon Pupil to overwhelm him with his inner demons.
• Shui Lingzi’s Identity Token blocked Li Qingyuan’s killing blow, so Zhenxing entered Shui Lingzi’s body, devoured his golden core and divine sense, and began taking control.
• Li Qingyuan escaped with the sleeping Shui Lingzi as Huo Lingzi and the others arrived and pursued them.
• A day later, Zhenxing woke in Shui Lingzi’s body at Peak Core Formation; Zhao Guangzheng explained the limits of body seizure, and Li Qingyuan anticipated having a powerful subordinate.
• Zhenxing absorbed Shui Lingzi’s memories, then panicked when he discovered that the body also had something unexpected.

After Zhenxing seized Shui Lingzi’s body, Li Qingyuan and Zhao Guangzheng learned from Shui Lingzi’s memories that Jin Lingzi had abused him, leaving Zhenxing horrified and disgusted. Li Qingyuan sent Zhenxing to infiltrate Young King Yuan’s side, then the Talisman Path Inheritance suddenly teleported Li Qingyuan and Zhao Guangzheng away.

• Zhenxing broke down after discovering that Jin Lingzi had drugged and abused Shui Lingzi when he was young.
• Li Qingyuan and Zhao Guangzheng laughed at Zhenxing’s distress until Zhenxing erupted with Peak Core Formation aura and shouted at them.
• Li Qingyuan promised Zhenxing elixirs and ordered him to disguise himself as Shui Lingzi, infiltrate Young King Yuan’s side, and pass along intelligence.
• Li Qingyuan copied Shui Lingzi’s resources and gave Zhenxing a Space Ring, the Water Spirit Shield, materials, and talisman paper before Zhenxing flew away in disguise.
• Li Qingyuan crushed the Talisman Path Inheritance mark, which opened space and teleported him and Zhao Guangzheng away.

Li Qingyuan reached the Mysterious True Talismans inheritance, learned about its time-accelerating Talisman Treasure Space and the powerful figures tied to its origins, then prepared his companions and himself for cultivation. He began a seclusion breakthrough toward Late-Stage Core Formation, intending to settle his grudge with Young King Yuan afterward.

• Li Qingyuan activated the stele and learned from Xuanzhen Zi that the space held the true Talisman Path inheritance and made time pass ten times faster than outside for cultivators below Soul Transformation.
• Zhao Guangzheng explained that the Nine Heavens Immortal Venerable had nearly killed him, described the Nine Provinces Continent's past as part of Xuantian, and identified Lord Divine General as a member of the Yang Clan, the Three-Eyed Divine Clan.
• The stele entered Li Qingyuan's Mud Pill Palace, where he glimpsed profound talisman runes and suffered backlash before Zhao Guangzheng warned him not to observe them directly.
• Li Qingyuan summoned Ji Kun, the Flame Dragon Lizard, and Blood Shadow, prepared elixirs, and raised several pills to premium quality before entering seclusion.
• Li Qingyuan and his companions swallowed their resources and began cultivating in the Talisman Treasure Space as Li Qingyuan focused on reaching Late-Stage Core Formation and confronting Young King Yuan.

The Ultimate Inheritance opened in the Void Refinement Grotto-heaven, and the Human King revealed that its ancient mana had cut off the protection and guidance he left for the prodigies. Young King Yuan led a massive force toward the inheritance as Li Xianhuang realized thousands of Core Formation cultivators were approaching her hiding place.

• The Human King stabilized the Spatial Rift and explained that the Ultimate Inheritance had opened after all Five Great Inheritances were claimed, leaving the prodigies to find their own way out.
• The Five Yuan King argued that the prodigies should endure the deadly trial, while the Human King privately hoped Li Qingyuan would challenge Young King Yuan.
• Young King Yuan gathered the Five Great Heavenly Chosen and more than a thousand Core Formation cultivators, then charged toward the ancient immortal residence to claim its inheritance for the Five Yuan Sect.
• Thousands of prodigies across the Grotto-heaven flew toward the ancient immortal residence, hoping to seize treasures and win glory for their sects.
• Li Xianhuang asked the Undying Bird about the upheaval, and it warned her that several thousand young Core Formation cultivators were rushing toward them.

Four thousand Core Formation Prodigies entered the Ancient Immortal Mansion and discovered a divine mountain filled with Fourth-grade Spirit Plants and five legendary treasure medicines. After Talisman Puppets defeated the first challengers by mirroring their abilities at a higher cultivation level, Young King Yuan approached the Five Yuan Fruit to test his own strength and pursue his ambition to claim every treasure medicine.

• Four thousand Core Formation Prodigies entered the Ancient Immortal Mansion and found thirty-six Fourth-grade Spirit Plants and five treasure medicines on a towering divine mountain.
• Zhang Tianci and Zhang Tianyu identified the five treasure medicines, while Wang Fugui and Young King Yuan declared their intentions to claim the riches.
• Thousands of Prodigies charged up the mountain, but Talisman Puppets appeared and the mountain's voice declared that challengers had to defeat them to take the plants.
• The Talisman Puppets replicated challengers' abilities and foundations, and nearly two thousand Prodigies were defeated and forced to retreat.
• Young King Yuan approached the Five Yuan Fruit and faced a Peak Core Formation Talisman Puppet that mirrored his cultivation art and power.

Young King Yuan discovered that Talisman Puppets could not match the full potential of their copied treasures and defeated several to claim spirit plants. Wang Fugui and Ye Xuan also overcame their puppets, and after recovering, the three rivals headed for the Five Great Treasure Medicines, with Young King Yuan targeting the Nine Yang Spirit Ganoderma.

• Young King Yuan used his Three Treasures Divine Bell to defeat a Talisman Puppet and claim the Five Yuan Fruit Tree.
• Young King Yuan, Wang Fugui, Ye Xuan, and other cultivators challenged puppets guarding Fourth-grade Spirit Plants, while Zhao Tongxuan fought his spear-wielding copy.
• Young King Yuan defeated another Talisman Puppet with the second layer of his Spirit Soul Bell technique and claimed an Earth Infant Fruit.
• Wang Fugui defeated his puppet with Golden Ingot Mountain, while Ye Xuan used a Quasi-Fourth Tier puppet to claim an Earth Infant Fruit Tree.
• After recovering, Young King Yuan, Wang Fugui, and Ye Xuan flew toward the Five Great Treasure Medicines, and Young King Yuan set his sights on the Nine Yang Spirit Ganoderma.

Young King Yuan and the Nine Provinces’ prodigies repeatedly challenged Talisman Puppets guarding the mountain’s treasure medicines, learning from their defeats over three months. After Young King Yuan discovered how the puppets adjusted their strength, he merged with the spirit within his Spirit Soul Bell and attacked a Nascent Soul Early Stage puppet at False Nascent Soul strength.

• Young King Yuan, Ye Xuan, and Wang Fugui were struck down by Nascent Soul Early Stage Talisman Puppets while trying to reach the treasure medicines.
• Jin Lingzi defeated a Peak Core Formation puppet and claimed the Human Infant Flower, while Jiang Xuanxu won Earth Yellow Essence.
• The five leading prodigies repeatedly challenged the puppets for more than three months, gaining experience despite continued defeats.
• Ten more cultivators obtained Fourth-grade Spirit Plants and began challenging the treasure medicines, while Zhao Jue and Tie Wuya remained among those attempting Fourth-grade plants.
• Young King Yuan realized the puppets escalated their attacks in response to their opponents’ strength and used the Spirit Soul Bell’s third layer to merge with his divided spirit.
• Young King Yuan rose to the False Nascent Soul Realm and fought the Nascent Soul Early Stage puppet, leaving the Nine Provinces’ prodigies watching in shock.

Young King Yuan endured an Early Nascent Soul talisman puppet long enough to claim the Nine Yang Spirit Ganoderma, but the ordeal left him badly wounded. Wang Fugui then awakened his ancestral bloodline and revealed strength equal to Young King Yuan, who decided he had to kill him.

• Young King Yuan fought the talisman puppet with the Spirit Soul Bell and Five Yuan Mountain Replica, surviving its assault for the required time and claiming the Nine Yang Spirit Ganoderma.
• Young King Yuan suppressed the Ganoderma’s fierce power and collected it, but his injuries worsened and his cultivation fell back to Peak Core Formation as he returned to his carriage to recover.
• Zhenxing, disguised as Shui Lingzi, considered assassinating Young King Yuan but decided to wait for his master’s orders.
• Ye Xuan used Sword Puppet Unity to challenge the talisman puppet, but was defeated after a quarter of an hour and lost the ancient treasure medicine.
• Wang Fugui burned his natal blood essence and awakened his ancestral bloodline, reaching False Nascent Soul strength and stunning the gathered prodigies.
• Young King Yuan judged Wang Fugui to be his greatest rival and decided to kill him, but postponed acting while he healed.

Wang Fugui and Young King Yuan failed to harvest a second herb from the Myriad Medicine Divine Mountain, while Zhao Tongxuan defeated his talisman puppet and claimed a Human Infant Flower. As Zhao Tongxuan returned to his allies, Huo Lingzi attacked and demanded the flower.

• Wang Fugui harvested a Spirit Crystal Sunflower after holding off a Nascent Soul talisman puppet, while Ye Xuan prepared to try again.
• Ye Xuan was quickly defeated by a puppet that copied his Sword Puppet Unity technique, and Young King Yuan was badly injured when a puppet replicated his Soul Unification secret technique.
• Wang Fugui and Ye Xuan led their forces toward the immortal estate's depths, while Young King Yuan sent Jin Lingzi and Huo Lingzi after them and Zhang Tianci and Zhang Tianyu also moved on.
• After four months of training, Zhao Tongxuan awakened his Heaven-Questioning Spear Art, defeated his talisman puppet, and harvested a Human Infant Flower.
• Zhao Tongxuan returned to his group, but Huo Lingzi attacked and demanded that he surrender the Human Infant Flower.

Huo Lingzi led the Five Yuan Sect in attacking the cultivators of Arid Province and those who came to their aid, claiming Li Qingyuan had to die. Zhao Tongxuan proposed a plan as the surrounded cultivators retreated toward Myriad Medicine Divine Mountain, while Li Qingyuan remained in secluded cultivation.

• Huo Lingzi sent Cao Yifei and Tie Wuya to attack Zhao Jue, while Zhao Tongxuan was already badly injured.
• Yang Yan and Wan Luo led cultivators against Zhao Tongxuan, Xia Yuanji, Qi Yuxuan, and Sun He as fighters from both sides joined the battle.
• Yu Xiao'er defended Zhao Tongxuan and urged Rogue Cultivators and small-faction cultivators to stand together, and Tan Yueyi joined him with more than twenty Core Formation cultivators.
• Huo Lingzi threatened the onlookers, ordered his forces to attack without mercy, and targeted the Arid Province heavenly chosens, Yu Xiao'er, and Tan Yueyi.
• Zhao Tongxuan shared a plan, and the Arid Province cultivators and Rogue Cultivators retreated toward Myriad Medicine Divine Mountain while fighting.
• Li Qingyuan remained in secluded cultivation.

Li Qingyuan and his companions continued cultivating in the Talisman Treasure Space while factions exploring the Ancient Immortal Mansion reached the Heaven-Reaching Bridge and discovered the deadly Yin Fire Realm beyond it. After many Core Formation prodigies died attempting to cross, Young King Yuan stayed behind to heal and considered attacking the scattered survivors.

• Li Qingyuan advanced toward Late-Stage Core Formation as Ji Kun, Blood Shadow, and the Flame Dragon Lizard cultivated alongside him in the Talisman Treasure Space.
• At the Heaven-Reaching Bridge, Young King Yuan sent Death Warriors across to scout, and the few who returned reported that the Yin Fire Realm burned cultivators’ internal organs.
• Wang Fugui, Ye Xuan, Jiang Xuanxu, and Qi Yuanxiao led their Mid-Stage Core Formation followers into the realm, while the injured Young King Yuan sent Jin Lingzi and Tu Lingzi after them.
• Several hundred Early-Stage Core Formation cultivators tried to cross, but most died to the yin fire and fewer than a hundred returned severely injured.
• Young King Yuan noticed the factions had scattered and considered the surviving prodigies potential targets, but focused on healing before acting.

Young King Yuan lured fifty-six Early-Stage Core Formation cultivators into the Yin Fire Secret Realm, then captured them and pressed on toward the immortal estate’s Ultimate Inheritance. Meanwhile, Huo Lingzi’s forces kept the Seven Kingdoms of Arid Province and their allies trapped on the Myriad Medicine Divine Mountain, where Zhao Tongxuan and Zhao Jue waited for Li Qingyuan to rescue them.

• Young King Yuan offered to escort selected Early-Stage Core Formation cultivators across the Heaven-Reaching Bridge in exchange for points, and fifty-six accepted.
• At the Yin Fire Secret Realm entrance, Young King Yuan used the Spirit Soul Bell and Five Yuan Mountain to suppress the fifty-six cultivators, then had them bound, drugged, and stored in the Five Elements Mountain Replica.
• Young King Yuan and his followers entered the Yin Fire Secret Realm on foot, enduring its body-burning yin fire as he reflected on its benefits and continued toward the Ultimate Inheritance.
• Huo Lingzi killed one of the besieged cultivators while Zhao Tongxuan, Zhao Jue, Yu Xiao'er, Tan Yueyi, and their allies remained trapped on the Myriad Medicine Divine Mountain after two months of fighting Talisman Puppets.
• Zhao Jue warned Yu Xiao'er against charging out against the larger enemy force, while Zhao Tongxuan and Zhao Jue hoped Li Qingyuan would break through and come to their aid.

After ten years of secluded cultivation in the Talisman Treasure Space, Li Qingyuan broke through to Late-Stage Core Formation and gained Nascent Soul Divine Sense, while Ji Kun and his other companions also advanced. He prepared to leave with Ji Kun urging him to attack the Five Yuan Sect and kill Young King Yuan.

• Young King Yuan and his Late-Stage Core Formation maid entered the Bi Feng Realm, where deadly winds melted the bodies and souls of cultivators.
• Young King Yuan used the Spirit Soul Bell to protect his group and captured stragglers while killing Heavenly Chosen to keep their actions secret.
• Li Qingyuan used the Three-Revolutions Spirit Twisting Pill during seclusion to advance from Mid-Stage to Late-Stage Core Formation.
• Li Qingyuan crushed the Sun Moon Soul Nurturing Lotus and used its spiritual liquid to grow his divine-sense tree to nine leaves, transforming his Peak Core Formation Divine Sense into Nascent Soul Divine Sense.
• Ji Kun advanced to a three-inch Demonic Core, while the Flame Dragon Lizard and Blood Shadow Clone reached perfection in their respective Mid-Stage Core Formation cultivation.
• Ji Kun urged Li Qingyuan to overturn the Five Yuan Sect and kill Young King Yuan.

Li Qingyuan escaped the collapsing Talisman Treasure Space with a dormant talisman and learned that the Five Yuan Sect had captured his allies. As he raced to help them, Huo Lingzi and the Five Yuan Sect prepared to slaughter their prisoners and assault Zhao Dai.

• Li Qingyuan escaped the collapsing Talisman Treasure Space with Zhao Guangzheng, Ji Kun, Blood Shadow, and the Flame Dragon Lizard, then stored the dormant talisman in the Mysterious Feminine Space, where it duplicated.
• Li Qingyuan learned that Young King Yuan had taken a Nine Yang Spirit Ganoderma and that the Five Yuan Sect had captured Qi Yuxuan and Sun He, so he flew toward his allies on Ji Kun.
• Outside Myriad Medicine Divine Mountain, Huo Lingzi and Mu Lingzi tortured captured cultivators while Zhenxing secretly resolved to kill Huo Lingzi.
• Huo Lingzi captured Zhao Dai, tore open her clothing, and struck her unconscious as Zhao Chong, Zhao Jue, Zhao Tongxuan, Tan Yueyi, and Yu Xiao'er urged the others to fight back.
• Huo Lingzi ordered the Five Yuan Sect disciples to slaughter the exhausted cultivators, but an unseen speaker challenged him, asking what would happen if they could not stop him.

Li Qingyuan and his allies turned the Five Yuan Sect’s attack into a counterassault, with Shui Lingzi betraying his fellow disciples and helping capture Huo Lingzi. Li Qingyuan began slaughtering the enemy’s Late-Stage Core Formation cultivators, killing Cao Yifei and targeting Tie Wuya next.

• Li Qingyuan ambushed Mu Lingzi with the Halberd of Subduing with Virtue, breaking through his defenses and injuring him despite Mu Lingzi’s Late-Stage Core Formation cultivation.
• When Huo Lingzi threatened Zhao Dai, Li Qingyuan rejected his demands, and Shui Lingzi used the Water Origin Talisman Array to blast Mu Lingzi instead of Li Qingyuan.
• Ji Kun, Blood Shadow, Zhenxing, and Shui Lingzi fought the Five Yuan Sect forces, while Zhenxing and Shui Lingzi pursued and captured the wounded Huo Lingzi.
• Li Qingyuan charged the enemy’s Late-Stage Core Formation cultivators and killed Cao Yifei with a single blow from the Halberd of Subduing with Virtue.
• Li Qingyuan turned his attention to Tie Wuya, who fled in terror.

Li Qingyuan defeated and killed Tie Wuya, while Ji Kun extracted the Golden Cores of several slain Five Yuan Sect cultivators and pursued a fleeing water-root cultivator. With the Five Yuan Sect forces in disarray, Li Qingyuan rallied the survivors to recover and pursue them.

• Li Qingyuan fought Tie Wuya in a physical battle, overwhelmed him with the Flood Dragon's Cry halberd art, and killed him.
• Ji Kun extracted Tie Wuya's Physical Core Formation and the Golden Cores of Mu Lingzi and Cao Yifei, while Li Qingyuan collected the fallen cultivators' Storage Bags and Natal Magic Treasures.
• Li Qingyuan handed the bound Huo Lingzi to Ji Kun, who extracted his Golden Core before setting off to hunt a fleeing cultivator with a Water Spirit Root.
• Li Qingyuan's allies attacked the scattered Five Yuan Sect forces, and the sect's survivors fled after their leaders were killed or routed.
• Zhao Tongxuan, Xia Yuanji, Zhao Jue, Yu Xiao'er, and the other survivors thanked Li Qingyuan and asked him to uphold justice against the Five Yuan Sect.
• Li Qingyuan ordered the survivors to restore their strength and then pursue the remaining Five Yuan Sect cultivators, and they vowed to fight back.

Li Qingyuan organized a hunt against the Five Yuan Sect while secretly duplicating the storage bags of Core Formation prodigies and preparing to harvest the Myriad Medicine Divine Mountain. He triggered the Five Spirits Demonic Cloud’s guardian, a powerful Talisman Puppet modeled on his future self, and faced a daunting battle for the precious herbs.

• Li Qingyuan copied the resources of more than forty Core Formation prodigies, then distributed pills to restore his companions before sending them out to hunt Five Yuan Sect disciples.
• Ji Kun reported killing two Late-Stage Core Formation cultivators, while the Flame Dragon Lizard and Blood Shadow reported their own findings and led two groups of hunters away.
• Li Qingyuan asked Zhao Guangzheng to search for the scattered Five Yuan Sect disciples as he stayed behind to guard the Myriad Medicine Divine Mountain and harvest its spirit plants.
• Zhao Guangzheng spotted the fourth-grade Five Spirits Demonic Cloud and offered to refine a Soul Refining Banner, but Li Qingyuan insisted it would be a Human Emperor Banner.
• Li Qingyuan entered the mountain summit and triggered the restriction around the Five Spirits Demonic Cloud, summoning a Talisman Puppet with Peak Core Formation mana and a Late-Stage Core Formation body.
• The Talisman Puppet attacked Li Qingyuan with the Halberd of Subduing with Virtue, leaving him to confront a stronger version of himself for the precious herbs.

Li Qingyuan defeated a Peak Core Formation talisman puppet by fusing his Halberds of Subduing with Virtue, then recovered and began a second challenge for the Thunder Spirit Fruit. The new puppet had evolved and wielded a fourth-grade great halberd, leaving Li Qingyuan to face it with his Earth Marsh Sword Array.

• Li Qingyuan used the Profound Heaven Secret Art and fused six Halberds of Subduing with Virtue to damage the talisman puppet, then pierced its chest while its counterattack heavily injured him.
• Li Qingyuan recovered with the Longevity Seed and Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk, collected the Five Spirits Demonic Cloud, and healed after ten days of seclusion.
• Zhao Guangzheng secretly passed information to Ji Kun, Zhenxing, Blood Shadow, and others, who dealt with nearly a hundred Five Yuan Sect disciples.
• Li Qingyuan began his second challenge and approached the Thunder Spirit Fruit, triggering another talisman puppet.
• The evolved puppet fused its own six halberds into a fourth-grade great halberd, and Li Qingyuan countered with his Earth Marsh Sword Array.

Li Qingyuan defeated the Peak Core Formation Talisman Puppet with the Earth Marsh Sword Array and seized the Thunder Spirit Fruit, but fled when the Dragon Origin Grass unexpectedly left the divine mountain and approached him.

• Li Qingyuan used his Nascent Soul Divine Sense to control twenty-four flying swords and four Cloud Mist Swords, forming the Earth Marsh Sword Array against the Talisman Puppet.
• The Talisman Puppet broke through the initial sword array with Flood Dragon's Roar, but Li Qingyuan reinforced the formation with four great Sword Intents and defeated it with Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Origin.
• Li Qingyuan endured the Thunder Spirit Fruit's lightning, stored it in the Mysterious Feminine Space, and transplanted its two fruit-bearing trees.
• Li Qingyuan triggered the restriction around the Dragon Origin Grass, saw the Talisman Puppet reappear with his own sword array, and escaped the divine mountain.
• The Dragon Origin Grass flew beyond the restriction and approached Li Qingyuan, who retreated in alarm and searched for whatever had sent it to him.